ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,014, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to ConvaTec Technologies Inc. (Las Vegas).
"Antibacterial nanofibres" was invented by Mohammad Forhad Hossain (Dacca, Bangladesh), Hugh R. Gong (Greater Manchester, Great Britain) and Lucy Ballamy (Wales, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Antibacterial nanofibres and methods for their preparation are described. Antibacterial nanofibres include as-spun alginate nanofibres treated with silver to generate silver-alginate nanofibres. Antibacterial nanofibres provided are useful components of wound dressings, wherein the wound dressings optionally further comprise malodor absorbing agents ...